issues archive

October

• Siemens Gamesa Will Cut Nearly 3,000 Jobs
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• U.S. Announces First Sale of Rights for California Offshore Wind Development
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Evolving Extreme Weather Risks Posing Unprecedented Insurance Woes for Renewables
  

  by Sonal Patel

September

• Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Biden Administration Throws Support Behind Floating Offshore Wind
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• DOE’s Latest Energy Earthshot Will Tackle Technical, Economic Challenges for Enhanced Geothermal Systems
  

  by Sonal Patel

August

• BOEM’s First Two Offshore Wind Areas in the Gulf of Mexico Could Feed Texas, Louisiana
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Report Notes Continued Growth of Hybrid Power Plants
  

  by Darrell Proctor

July

• China Group Announces Successful Test of Space-Based Solar Power
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• GE’s Energy Business Will Have a New Name—Vernova
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Wudongde Project Takes Hydro to New Heights
  

  by Darrell Proctor

June

• Solar Power Plant Maintenance with Thermal UAV Inspection Technology
  

  by POWER

• Large-Scale Enhanced Geothermal System Trial Successfully Completed
  

  by Sonal Patel

• China Group Announces Successful Test of Space-Based Solar Power
  

  by Darrell Proctor

May

• Grid Interconnection Queue Filled with Solar and Energy Storage Projects
  

  by Aaron Larson

• California, Again Facing Summer Supply Vulnerabilities, Eyes 20-GW Offshore Wind Goal
  

  by Sonal Patel

• The POWER Interview: Importance of Pricing Data for Renewable Energy
  

  by Darrell Proctor

April

• Vestas Cutting Jobs Despite Leading Wind Installations
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Grid Interconnection Queue Filled with Solar and Energy Storage Projects
  

  by Aaron Larson

• BlackRock-led Group Invests $525M Toward India Renewable Energy
  

  by Darrell Proctor

March

• U.S. Tops 200 GW of Renewables, but Deployment Slows
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• GE Exec Expects Rebound for Renewables
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• CPS Energy Exploring Novel Geomechanical Pumped Storage Technology
  

  by Sonal Patel

February

• Iowa Utility Proposes $3.9 Billion Renewable Energy Project
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• U.S. Tops 200 GW of Renewables, but Deployment Slows
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Siemens’ Renewable Arm Cutting 200 U.S. Jobs
  

  by Darrell Proctor

November 23

• POWERnews [Nov. 23, 2022]
  

  by Sonal Patel

November 17

• TVA Will Explore Building Utility-Scale Solar on Closed Coal Ash Sites
  

  by Sonal Patel

• NERC Warns of Tight Generation Resources, Fuel Supply Issues This Winter
  

  by Sonal Patel

• How NRIC Is Helping Advance Technology for the Nuclear Power Industry
  

  by Aaron Larson

November 10

• Poland Picks Westinghouse to Build Country’s First Nuclear Reactors
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Enel Gas-Fired Plant Will Use Rock-Based Energy Storage System
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• NET Power’s First Allam Cycle 300-MW Gas-Fired Project Will Be Built in Texas
  

  by Sonal Patel

November 3

• U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing May Be Making a Comeback—Here’s Why
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Six Major Electric Utilities Join Forces to Pursue a Southeastern Hydrogen Hub
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Poland Picks Westinghouse to Build Country’s First Nuclear Reactors
  

  by Darrell Proctor

October 27

• U.S. Announces First Sale of Rights for California Offshore Wind Development
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Southern Company Cuts Its Cost Forecast for Vogtle Expansion, Provides Update on Project
  

  by Aaron Larson

• PacifiCorp, TerraPower Evaluating Deployment of Up to Five Additional Natrium Advanced Reactors
  

  by Sonal Patel

October 27

• U.S. Announces First Sale of Rights for California Offshore Wind Development
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Southern Company Cuts Its Cost Forecast for Vogtle Expansion, Provides Update on Project
  

  by Aaron Larson

• PacifiCorp, TerraPower Evaluating Deployment of Up to Five Additional Natrium Advanced Reactors
  

  by Sonal Patel

October 20

• POWERnews [Oct. 20, 2022]
  

  by Sonal Patel

October 13

• Thailand Starts Up First of Two Giant 2.7-GW Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Nuclear Giant Westinghouse Acquired by Renewable Power Company and Uranium Fuel Supplier
  

  by Aaron Larson

• New Report Says ‘Historic Expansion’ Coming for U.S. Offshore Wind
  

  by Darrell Proctor

October 6

• Carbon Capture Begins at India’s Largest Coal Power Plant
  

  by Sonal Patel

• How Bitcoin Mining Can Help Power Companies Optimize Generation Assets
  

  by Aaron Larson

• UK Picks Coal Power Plant as Site for Nuclear Fusion Energy Prototype
  

  by Sonal Patel

July

• CBO Scopes Out Pros and Cons of a Carbon Tax
  

  by POWER

• Turmoil, Confusion Continues at the National Labor Relations Board
  

  by POWER

• Master Limited Partnerships: Useful Tool or Green Finance Gimmick?
  

  by POWER

May

• A Novel Managerial Challenge: Decommissioning Coal
  

  by POWER

• The CIP Merry-Go-Round: Say So Long to Version 4, Hello to Version 5?
  

  by POWER

• What Is Holding Back Offshore Wind?
  

  by POWER

March

• NLRB Overturns Dues Precedent, Faces Court Challenge
  

  by POWER

• Value: One of the Most Confounding Propositions We Face
  

  by POWER

• Mexico’s Power Sector Attracts New Investors
  

  by POWER

January

• Outage Management with an Owner’s Engineer
  

  by POWER

• Coal Ash Recycling Stalls During Regulatory Struggle
  

  by POWER

• Terror Threat to Grid Is Real, Says Suppressed Study
  

  by POWER

November

• Clean Air Rules: Unintended Consequences Generator?
  

  by POWER

• Whistleblower Heartaches, Headaches and Heads Ups
  

  by POWER

• Financing U.S. Renewable Energy Projects in a Post-Subsidy World
  

  by POWER

September

• NERC Cyber Security Rules: Evolution or Brownian Motion?
  

  by POWER

• Rare Earths: China Strikes Back
  

  by POWER

• Helpful Tips When Terminating an Employee
  

  by POWER

July

• Uranium and Nuclear Fuel: No Bottlenecks Ahead
  

  by POWER

• Cyber Threats to SCADA Systems Are Real
  

  by POWER

• PwC: Big Demand Meets Tight Money in Power’s Future
  

  by POWER

May

• The Future of Renewable Energy Finance
  

  by POWER

• Leveraging State Clean Energy Funds
  

  by POWER

• End Game for Rare Earth Dispute?
  

  by POWER

March

• A Year of Fukushima’s Economic Fallout
  

  by POWER

• Investing in Information to Respond to a Changing Climate
  

  by POWER

• Buying and Selling Energy Trading Portfolios
  

  by POWER

October

• Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Carbon Capture Begins at India’s Largest Coal Power Plant
  

  by Sonal Patel

• India Power Minister Says Country Will Add More Coal-Fired Plants
  

  by Darrell Proctor

September

• Southern CEO Fanning Set to Step Down
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• California Declares Stage 3 Emergency Alert, Warns Rotating Outages Possible
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030
  

  by Sonal Patel

August

• Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Regulate Power Plant Emissions
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Shanghaimiao Part of China’s Push for More Efficient Coal Plant Designs
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• A Japanese Project Demonstrates a Carbon Neutrality Pathway for Coal Power
  

  by Sonal Patel

July

• Keeping Coal Relevant: University of Wyoming Leads the Way
  

  by Aaron Larson

• Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Regulate Power Plant Emissions
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Germany Set to Increase Coal-Fired Generation in Face of Gas Crunch
  

  by Darrell Proctor

June

• EPA Proposes Tighter Controls on NOx Emissions from Power Plants, Industrial Sources
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Two Killed in Collapse of Coal Pile at Colorado Power Plant
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• NERC Warns of Mounting Reliability Risks, Urges Preparation for Challenging Summer
  

  by Sonal Patel

May

• Homer City Coal Plant to Keep All Three Units Operating
  

  by Aaron Larson

• EPA Proposes Tighter Controls on NOx Emissions from Power Plants, Industrial Sources
  

  by Sonal Patel

• At Least 15 China-Backed Coal Plants Canceled, Another 37 GW in Limbo
  

  by Darrell Proctor

April

• SCOTUS Hears Arguments on EPA’s Purview Over Power Plant GHG Emissions
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Homer City Coal Plant to Keep All Three Units Operating
  

  by Aaron Larson

• Coal Use Rises, Prices Soar as War Impacts Energy Markets
  

  by Darrell Proctor

March

• Coal Will Remain Prominent for Decades Despite Growing Renewable Power Capacity
  

  by Aaron Larson

• SCOTUS Hears Arguments on EPA’s Purview Over Power Plant GHG Emissions
  

  by Sonal Patel

• White House Releases Guidance on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
  

  by Jared Wigginton

February

• First 1-GW Unit of Major China Coal-Fired Plant Comes Online
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Georgia Power Plans to Retire All Coal Units by 2035
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Coal Will Remain Prominent for Decades Despite Growing Renewable Power Capacity
  

  by Aaron Larson

October

• CPV Announces New 1.8-GW Gas-Fired Plant for West Virginia
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Thailand Starts Up First of Two Giant 2.7-GW Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Switzerland Secures 250-MW GE Gas Power Temporary Power Plant For Crucial Winter Reserve
  

  by Sonal Patel

September

• U.S.’s Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Set Daily Production Records in July Despite High Fuel Prices
  

  by Aaron Larson

• Two Illinois Gas Power Plants Acquired by Public Benefit Corporation Earthrise Energy
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Oxford Group: Decarbonizing Energy Would Save $12 Trillion
  

  by Darrell Proctor

August

• New 1.1-GW GE-Powered Gas-Fired Plant Enters Service in Michigan
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Illinois EPA Issues Permit for New 1.1-GW Gas-Fired Facility
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Station Life Extension Through Coal-to-Gas Conversion
  

  by POWER

July

• Southern Co. Gas-Fired Demonstration Validates 20% Hydrogen Fuel Blend
  

  by Sonal Patel

• New 1.1-GW GE-Powered Gas-Fired Plant Enters Service in Michigan
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Regasification Project Will Provide New Power for Papua New Guinea
  

  by Darrell Proctor

June

• Siemens Energy Sells 100th H-Class Gas Turbine—Fleet Exceeds 2.5 Million Operating Hours
  

  by Aaron Larson

• GE Debuts First 7HA.03 Gas Turbines at 1.3-GW Plant in Florida
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Massive Utah Hydrogen Storage Project Garners Finalized $504M DOE Loan Guarantee
  

  by Sonal Patel

May

• Tri-State Moves to Retire Rifle Combined Cycle Power Plant
  

  by Aaron Larson

• Siemens Energy Sells 100th H-Class Gas Turbine—Fleet Exceeds 2.5 Million Operating Hours
  

  by Aaron Larson

• First Hydrogen Burn at Long Ridge HA-Class Gas Turbine Marks Triumph for GE
  

  by Sonal Patel

April

• GE Turbines Will Power New 2-GW Gas-Fired Plant in China
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Largest CCGT Plant in Southeast Asia Now Fully Operational
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• U.S. Agrees to Ramp Up LNG Exports to Europe, Actively Reduce Natural Gas Demand
  

  by Sonal Patel

March

• China Group Develops Plan to Turn Biomass Into Low-Carbon Natural Gas
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• GE Turbines Will Power New 2-GW Gas-Fired Plant in China
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• New Realms for Gas Power Technology
  

  by Sonal Patel

February

• Long-Awaited FSRU Project Nears Operation in El Salvador
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• China Group Develops Plan to Turn Biomass Into Low-Carbon Natural Gas
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Winter Freeze Testing Texas Power Grid Reforms
  

  by Sonal Patel

November

• A Half-Century of Reliability: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
  

  by Sonal Patel

• New Units at Hongyanhe Further China’s Nuclear Ambition
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Idiot or Maniac: Where Does Your Power Company Fit in the Discussion?
  

  by Aaron Larson

October

• A New Breed of Energy Security: HO Clarke Power Plant
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Fun in the Sun: Cane Island Is a Central Florida Treasure
  

  by Aaron Larson

• Innovation, Efficiency at Heart of CHP Plant Upgrade
  

  by Darrell Proctor

September

• Solar Project Forges a Bright Future for Colorado Steel Mill
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• TVA Successfully Completes a Dam Safety Modification Project for the Ages
  

  by Aaron Larson

• A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities
  

  by Sonal Patel

August

• THE BIG PICTURE: Momentum for CCS
  

  by Sonal Patel

• A Japanese Project Demonstrates a Carbon Neutrality Pathway for Coal Power
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Shanghaimiao Part of China’s Push for More Efficient Coal Plant Designs
  

  by Darrell Proctor

July

• Wudongde Project Takes Hydro to New Heights
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Repowering Project Aims for Pinnacle of Success
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Harnessing Cooling Tower Plumes to Provide Purified Water
  

  by Sonal Patel

June

• The Vital Link: How HVDC Is Modernizing the Grid
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Reliability, Resiliency, Cost, and Climate Driving C&I Power Systems
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Vermont and ISO-New England Provide an Interesting Renewable Energy Transition Case Study
  

  by Aaron Larson

May

• History of Power: Duke Energy’s Century-Old Legacy
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Large-Scale Hydrogen Projects Take Shape as Technology Continues to Evolve
  

  by Aaron Larson

• There’s Value in Old Power Generation Components
  

  by Darrell Proctor

April

• Gas Power Outlook: Volatility and Viability
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Australia’s Coal Conundrum: Economy, Climate at Odds
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Power Companies Must Plan to Deal with Climate Risks
  

  by Aaron Larson

March

• New Realms for Gas Power Technology
  

  by Sonal Patel

• Repowering Provides New Purpose for Existing Plants
  

  by Darrell Proctor

• Power Industry People: Finding Top Talent in the Military
  

  by Aaron Larson